Improvement in aging spirits



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N. PETERS, PHDYO-LITHOGRAPHE. WASHINGTON D C I construct aframe as shown in the annexed` vframe-work, and Fig. 2 a transverse sectional lever, pivoted-at J, and, with its pin h, operthe piston Kand the cross-bar L in position ANDREW CALDWELL, OF

LEXINGTON, KENTGKY.

vIVIPROVEMENT IN AGING SPIRITS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 07,658, dated September 27, 1870.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW CALDWELL, in the city of Lexington, countyof Fayette, and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved VMode of Aging Spirits; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

rThe nature of my invention consists in aging spirits'by `means of agitating the same by my improved device of churning the same without removing the spirits from the barrels containing it.

To enable others skilled in theV art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation;

drawings making apart of this specification, in which--` Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the elevation.

A A A represent the main frame-work. B B1B B represent the barrels placed on the frame; C C, the axle for "operating the arms D D D D; G G and e e, the arm of the compound ates the short lever f and gives motion to the arms D D D D, K K K K, &c., the piston or plunger passing down into the barrel containing the spirits, and secured to the cross-bar L L, which has cross-barstm m m m on the same secured to L L by a screw in their center, so as to allow them'to be turned crosswise to L L after the same isinserted into the barrel. n a represent keys that are intended to keep to each other.'

I will now proceed to describe the opera'- each other, as represented in Figs. land 2 of holes of same immediately under the pistons Y vK K, and, having removed the bungs, proceed to insert the cross-bars L L, having their cross-bars m m in line with them until they are in thebarrel, where, as they are inside of same, they are turned crosswise of L L by means of a rod, and by the help of a cord attached to L L, near its center, it is easily brought in position, so as to insert the pist-on KK, which has a pin, as shown, through the same. This pin passes 'through slots cut in L L, loosely, and is easily turned crosswise, and then the key n is inserted, which, it is evident, will hold the cross-bar L in position to the piston K K until it is desired to remove the same, when it is only necessary to take out the keyn a and reverse the process of putting same together, as described. Now, by means of the hand or any other power applied to the lever e and G, and drawing same back and forward, the pistons K K will be forced alternately up and down in the spirits, carrying the cross-bars with it, and thereby agitating in the most violent manner the spirits -ineach barrel, andin a similar manner to which butter is churned. Any reasonable number of barrels may be operated by the same motion, either in line or crosswise,

as the compound levers f and G give great power.

I disclaim the agitation of spirits for the purpose aging them, said principle having long ANDREW CALDVELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN MOMINTRY, BENJ. F. GRAVES. 

